Tony Bishop, E-RYT --- RYT --- CYT --- Certified Hatha/Hot Yoga instructor, Teacher Trainer, Yoga Personal Trainer and Yoga Coach is Director and Chief Instructor with Hot Yoga Bowling Green, KY. He has recently been voted Best Personal Trainer in the annual "Best of Bowling Green" competition, along with Hot Yoga being voted into 4 categories in the competition.
Tony is the smiling face and encouraging voice greeting you each day, taking you to new levels in your yoga practice. His primary goal is to ensure that you have an enjoyable, productive and positive experience with Hot Yoga. Hot Yoga is an individual journey which changes each day as you go further into your abilities, and Tony is your guide to greater understanding and awareness as you move forward and grow in a non-competitive, supportive atmosphere.
Hot Yoga is the culmination of many years of physical adventure in Tony's life. He left the daily grind and deadlines of the newspaper business to pursue his career with his wife, Anice and two daughters Kacie and Alyssa. After more than 26 years as an advertising account executive, Tony understands the pressures and stresses with which many of his students deal on a regular basis. He has a long, diverse history in physical fitness as a Kung Fu stylist under Master Royce Bunch, including Tai Chi exercise and self-defense techniques, he is a certified Spinning (indoor cycling) instructor, certified in PowerHouse Pilates, group exercise, boot camp classes, core strengthening, and is the creator of his own fusion class know as Kung-Tai-Yo-Pi (TM) --- a combination of Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Yoga and Pilates. Tony has created a multi-level self-defense program for families, titled "zerO scared" (TM), which emphasizes preparedness for all ages.
Tony has completed the 200-hour intensive training in Hot Yoga/Hatha Yoga with the highly-acclaimed Sunstone Yoga Schools TEACHER TRAINING program in Dallas Texas, and has the distinction of being Sunstone's very first 200-hour intensive graduate. He is recognized by the Yoga Alliance with E-RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) and RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) designations, and has received extensive education in physiology in yoga applications, posture (asana) adjustments, and customization of flow for group and individual instruction. He has taught some 2,000 hours of yoga in a variety of styles and environments. Tony is your mentor for safely and effectively helping you move into and out of all asanas (postures) within the heated room, and at the proper pacing with proper breathing and retention. All this is extremely important and essential to Hot Yoga practice. "Tony B" can customize a personal training program which goes far beyond traditional "exercise" and help you or your group tap into a level of fitness you may never achieve through other forms of practice.
Your safety and your well-being is always top priority with Tony and everyone at Hot Yoga Bowling Green. Come join us for an experience you will want to have again and again! ---- Namaste